Internal Rule of Altruism: The Joint Influence of Determinant Salience and Level.

Autor/inn/en	Peterson, Lizette; Homer, Andrew L.
Titel	Internal Rule of Altruism: The Joint Influence of Determinant Salience and Level.
Quelle	(1982), (10 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Altruism; College Students; Ethics; Higher Education; Individual Differences; Interpersonal Relationship; Predictor Variables; Prosocial Behavior; Social Cognition; Social Exchange Theory; Social Psychology; Student Attitudes; Value Judgment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Collegestudent; Ethik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Individueller Unterschied; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Prädiktor; Soziale Kognition; Theorie des sozialen Wandels; Sozialpsychologie; Schülerverhalten; Werturteil
Abstract	A model of internal principle for integrating past research findings on adult altruism postulates that although individuals' shared beliefs result in significant group effects, there remains a significant portion of variation due to a subject's "factor" or unique internal rule. To examine the influence of both the level (degree or amount) and the salience (obviousness) of need and deservedness on helping scores, 77 college students (16 men and 61 women) responded to vignettes of 32 helping situations, for a total of 2,464 responses. Analyses of results supported the model, and suggest that both factor salience and factor level influence altruism. Some factors, such as recipient gender, may have more or less influence depending upon both factor salience and factor level; although they operate as a single entity, factor salience and level can be manipulated independently to influence decisions to aid. The internal principle model suggests that for optimal predictability the salience as well as the level of each determinant of altruism should be considered in each helping opportunity. (JAC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01